British Fantasy Award

The British Fantasy Awards (BFA) are awarded annually by the British Fantasy Society (BFS), first in 1976. Prior to that they were known as The August Derleth Fantasy Awards (see August Derleth Award). First awarded in 1972 (to The Knight of Swords by Michael Moorcock) only for novels, the number of award categories increased and in 1976 the BFS renamed them collectively to the British Fantasy Awards. As of 2023 the award categories are:^[1]

• Best Fantasy Novel (the Robert Holdstock Award)
• Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award)
• Best Novella
• Best Short Fiction
• Best Anthology
• Best Collection
• Magazine/Periodical
• Best Independent Press
• Best Artist
• Best Audio
• Best Non-Fiction
• Best Newcomer (the Sydney J. Bounds Award)
• The Karl Edward Wagner Award for "important contribution to the genre or the Society" is given at the discretion of the BFS committee.

The membership of the BFS vote to determine the shortlists of the awards, the winners being decided by juries.

Conventional Fiction Writing

¹Previously "Best Short Story", before 2008.

²Was originally presented as a single award known as "Best Novel", the August Derleth Fantasy Award, until split in 2012.^[2][3]

Year	Location	Best Short Fiction1	Best Novella	Best Fantasy Novel2 (the Robert Holdstock Award)	Best Horror Novel2 (the August Derleth Award)
1972		—	—	The Knight of the Swords, Michael Moorcock
1973		The Fallible Fiend, L Sprague de Camp	—	The King of the Swords, Michael Moorcock
1974		The Jade Man's Eyes, Michael Moorcock	—	Hrolf Kraki's Saga, Poul Anderson
1975		"Sticks", Karl Edward Wagner	—	The Sword and the Stallion, Michael Moorcock
1976		The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, Fritz Leiber	—	The Hollow Lands, Michael Moorcock
1977		"Two Suns Setting", Karl Edward Wagner	—	The Dragon and the George, Gordon Dickson
1978		"In the Bag", Ramsey Campbell	—	A Spell for Chameleon, Piers Anthony
1979		"Jeffty is Five", Harlan Ellison	—	The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
1980		"The Button Molder", Fritz Leiber	—	Death's Master, Tanith Lee
1981		"The Stains", Robert Aickman	—	To Wake The Dead, Ramsey Campbell
1982		The Dark Country, Dennis Etchison	—	Cujo, Stephen King
1983		"The Breathing Method", Stephen King	—	Sword of the Lictor, Gene Wolfe
1984		"Neither Brute Nor Human", Karl Edward Wagner	—	Floating Dragon, Peter Straub
1985		"In the Hills, the Cities", Clive Barker	—	Incarnate, Ramsey Campbell
1986		"The Forbidden", Clive Barker	—	The Ceremonies, T. E. D. Klein
1987		"The Olympic Runner", Dennis Etchison	—	It, Stephen King
1988		"Leaks", Steve Rasnic Tem	—	The Hungry Moon, Ramsey Campbell
1989		"Fruiting Bodies", Brian Lumley	—	The Influence, Ramsey Campbell
1990		"On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks", Joe Lansdale	—	Carrion Comfort, Dan Simmons
1991		"The Man Who Drew Cats", Michael Marshall Smith	—	Midnight Sun, Ramsey Campbell
1992		"The Dark Land", Michael Marshall Smith	—	Outside the Dog Museum, Jonathan Carroll
1993		"Night Shift Sister", Nicholas Royle	—	Dark Sister, Graham Joyce
1994		"The Dog Park", Dennis Etchison	—	The Long Lost, Ramsey Campbell
1995		"The Temptation of Dr. Stein", Paul McAuley	—	Only Forward, Michael Marshall Smith
1996		"More Tomorrow", Michael Marshall Smith	—	Requiem, Graham Joyce
1997		"Dancing About Architecture", Martin Simpson	—	The Tooth Fairy, Graham Joyce
1998		"Wageslaves", Christopher Fowler	—	Tower of the King's Daughter, Chaz Brenchley
1999		"The Song My Sister Sang", Stephen Laws	—	Bag of Bones, Stephen King
2000		White, Tim Lebbon	—	Indigo, Graham Joyce
2001		Naming of Parts, Tim Lebbon	—	Perdido Street Station, China Miéville
2002		"Goblin City Lights", Simon Clark	—	The Night of the Triffids, Simon Clark
2003		The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke, Mark Chadbourn	—	The Scar, China Miéville
2004	Walsall	"American Waitress", Christopher Fowler	—	Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler
2005	Walsall	"Black Static", Paul Meloy	Breathe, Christopher Fowler	The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, Stephen King
2006	Nottingham	"Best New Horror", Joe Hill	The Mask Behind the Face, Stuart Young	Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman
2007	Nottingham	"Whisper Lane", Mark Chadbourn	Kid, Paul Finch	Dusk, Tim Lebbon
2008	Nottingham	My Stone Desire, Joel Lane	The Scalding Rooms, Conrad Williams	The Grin of the Dark, Ramsey Campbell
2009	Nottingham	Do You See, Sarah Pinborough	The Reach of Children, Tim Lebbon	Memoirs of a Master Forger, William Heaney
2010	Nottingham	"What Happens When You Wake Up in the Night", Michael Marshall Smith	The Language of Dying, Sarah Pinborough	One, Conrad Williams
2011	Brighton	Fool's Gold, Sam Stone	Humpty's Bones, Simon Clark	N/A
2012	Brighton	"The Coffin-Maker's Daughter", Angela Slatter	Gorel and the Pot Bellied God, Lavie Tidhar	Among Others, Jo Walton	The Ritual, Adam Nevill
2013	Brighton	"Shark! Shark!", Ray Cluley	The Nine Deaths of Dr Valentine, John Llewellyn Probert	Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce	Last Days, Adam Nevill
2014	York	"Signs of the Times", Carole Johnstone	Beauty, Sarah Pinborough	A Stranger in Olondria, Sofia Samatar	The Shining Girls, Lauren Beukes
2015	Nottingham	"A Woman's Place", Emma Newman	Newspaper Heart, Stephen Volk	Cuckoo Song, Frances Hardinge	No One Gets Out Alive, Adam Nevill
2016	Scarborough	"Fabulous Beasts", Priya Sharma	The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn, Usman T. Malik	Uprooted, Naomi Novik	Rawblood, Catriona Ward
2017	Peterborough	"White Rabbit", Georgina Bruce	The Ballad of Black Tom, Victor LaValle	The Tiger and the Wolf, Adrian Tchaikovsky	Disappearance at Devil's Rock, Paul G. Tremblay
2018	Chester	"Looking for Laika", Laura Mauro	Passing Strange, Ellen Klages	The Ninth Rain, Jen Williams	The Changeling, Victor LaValle
2019	Glasgow	"Down Where Sound Comes Blunt", G. V. Anderson "Her Blood the Apples, Her Bones the Trees", Georgina Bruce "In the Gallery of Silent Screams", Carole Johnstone & Chris Kelso "A Son of the Sea", Priya Sharma "Telling Stories", Ruth EJ Booth "Thumbsucker", Robert Shearman	The Tea Master and the Detective, Aliette de Bodard Binti: The Night Masquerade, Nnedi Okorafor Breakwater, Simon Bestwick The Land of Somewhere Safe, Hal Duncan The Last Temptation of Dr Valentine, John Llewellyn Probert The Only Harmless Great Thing, Brooke Bolander	The Bitter Twins, Jen Williams Empire of Sand, Tasha Suri Foundryside, Robert Jackson Bennett The Green Man's Heir, Juliet E. McKenna The Loosening Skin, Aliya Whiteley Priest of Bones, Peter McLean	Little Eve, Catriona Ward The Cabin at the End of the World, Paul G. Tremblay The Way of the Worm, Ramsey Campbell Wolf's Hill, Simon Bestwick
2020	Online	"The Pain-Eater's Daughter", Laura Mauro "Dendrochronology", Penny Jones "I Say (I Say, I Say)", Robert Shearman Tomorrow, When I Was Young, Julie Travis	Ormeshadow, Priya Sharma The Ascent to Godhood, Neon Yang "Butcher's Table", Nathan Ballingrud The Deep, Rivers Solomon, with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes Ragged Alice, Gareth L. Powell The Survival of Molly Southbourne, Tade Thompson	The Bone Ships, R. J. Barker The Migration, Helen Marshall The Poison Song, Jen Williams The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Alix E. Harrow	The Reddening, Adam Nevill The Institute, Stephen King The Migration, Helen Marshall Mistletoe, Alison Littlewood The Plague Stones, James Brogden The Twisted Ones, T. Kingfisher
2021	Birmingham	"Infinite Tea in the Demara Café", Ida Keogh "8-Bit Free Will", John Wiswell "Daylight Robbery", Anna Taborska "We Do Like to be Beside", Pete Sutton	Ring Shout, P. Djèlí Clark The Flame and the Flood, Shona Kinsella Honeybones, Georgina Bruce The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water, Zen Cho A Song for the End, Kit Power Triggernometry, Stark Holborn	The Once and Future Witches, Alix E. Harrow The Bone Shard Daughter, Andrea Stewart By Force Alone, Lavie Tidhar The City We Became, N.K. Jemisin Dark River, Rym Kechacha Threading the Labyrinth, Tiffani Angus	Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia Beneath the Rising, Premee Mohamed The Hollow Places, T. Kingfisher The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones Plain Bad Heroines, Emily Danforth Survivor Song, Paul G. Tremblay
2022	Heathrow	Bathymetry, Lorraine Wilson Fill the Thickened Lung with Breath, C.A. Yates A Flight of Birds, E.M. Faulds Henrietta, T.H. Dray O2 Arena, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Sky Eyes, Julie Travis	Defekt, Nino Cipri & This is How to Stay Alive, Shingai Njeri Kagunda Matryoshka, Penny Jones A Spindle Splintered, Alix E. Harrow These Lifeless Things, Premee Mohamed Treacle Walker, Alan Garner	She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan The Black Coast, Mike Brooks The Jasmine Throne, Tasha Suri Sistersong, Lucy Holland This is Our Undoing, Lorraine Wilson The Unbroken, C.L. Clark	The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward The Book of Accidents, Chuck Wendig A Broken Darkness, Premee Mohamed A Dowry of Blood, S.T. Gibson My Heart Is a Chainsaw, Stephen Graham Jones Nothing but Blackened Teeth, Cassandra Khaw
2023	Birmingham	Morta, James Bennett* The Call of El Tunche, Shona Kinsella A Moment of Zugzwang, Neil Williamson The Tails That Make You, Eliza Chan	The Queen of the High Fields, Rhiannon A. Grist* And Then I Woke Up, Malcolm Devlin The Entropy of Loss, Stewart Hotston Interference, Terry Grimwood Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky Pomegranates, Priya Sharma	The Spear Cuts Through Water, Simon Jimenez* The Bone Orchard, Sara A. Mueller Cast Long Shadows, Cat Hellisen Glitterati, Oliver K. Langmead The Oleander Sword, Tasha Suri Path of War, David Green	Just Like Home, Sarah Gailey* Full Immersion, Gemma Amor The Hollows, Daniel Church Miracle Growth, Tim Mendees Sundial, Catriona Ward
2024	Chester	The Brazen Head of Westinghouse, Tim Major, (IZ Digital) Professor Flotsam’s Cabinet of Peculiarities, Shona Kinsella, (Great British Horror 8) The Pilfered Quill, Rachel Rener & David Green, (From the Arcane) The Ripe Fruit in the Garden, C.A. Yates, (Great British Horror 8) Turn Again, O My Sweetness, C.A. Yates, (At the Lighthouse)	The Last Dragoners of Bowbazar, Indra Das, (Subterranean Press) The Darkness in the Pines, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing) The Last Day and the First, Tim Lebbon, (PS Publishing) They Shut Me Up, Tracy Fahey (PS Publishing) Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher, (Titan) Untethered Sky, Fonda Lee, (Tordotcom)	Talonsister, Jen Williams, (Titan) A Day of Fallen Night, Samantha Shannon, (Bloomsbury) At Eternity’s Gates, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing) Beyond Sundered Seas, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing) Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi, (Daw Books)	Don't Fear the Reaper, Stephen Graham Jones, (Titan) A House with Good Bones, T. Kingfisher, (Titan) Boys in the Valley, Philip Fracassi, (Orbit) How to Sell a Haunted House, Grady Hendrix, (Titan) Looking Glass Sound, Catriona Ward, (Viper) One Life Left, David Green, (Eerie River Publishing)
2025[4]	Brighton	Godskin, CL Hellisen, (Strange Horizons) The Oracle at Dairy, Tiffani Angus, (Trembling with Fear via HorrorTree.com) The Witch’s Pillowbook, Priya Sharma, (Bound in Blood: Stories of Cursed Books, Damned Libraries and Unearthly, Titan Books) Loneliness Universe, Eugenia Triantafyllou, (Uncanny Magazine) Jinx, Carlie St. George, (PseudoPod)	Charlie Says, Neil Williamson, (Black Shuck Books) The Last to Drown, Lorraine Wilson, (Luna Press) What Feasts at Night, T. Kingfisher, (Titan Books) Millionaires Day, Kit Power, (French Press)	The Green Man’s War, Juliet E. McKenna, Wizard's Tower Press Fathomfolk, Eliza Chan, Orbit Books Long Live Evil, Sarah Rees Brennan, Orbit Books A Shadow Over Haven, David Green, Eerie River Publishing Masquerade, O.O. Sangoyomi, Forge Books	Withered Hill, David Barnett – Canelo Horror The Ravening, Daniel Church, Angry Robot Among The Living, Tim Lebbon, Titan Books Bury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle, Titan Books My Darling Dreadful Thing, Johanna van Veen, Poisoned Pen Press Feast While You Can, Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, Simon & Schuster

Anthology, Collection, Magazine, and Press

¹Provided as "Small Press" until 2015, when that was ended and replace with "Independent"^[3]

Year	Location	Best Collection	Best Anthology	Magazine/Periodical	Small/Independent Press1
1977					Anduril
1978					Fantasy Tales 1
1979					Fantasy Tales 2
1980					Fantasy Tales 3
1981					Airgedlamh
1982					Fantasy Tales
1983					Fantasy Tales
1984					Ghosts & Scholars
1985					Whispers
1986					Fantasy Tales
1987					Fantasy Tales
1988					Dagon
1989					Dagon
1990					Dagon
1991		Best New Horror, Stephen Jones and Ramsey Campbell			Dagon
1992		Darklands, Nicholas Royle			Peeping Tom
1993		Darklands 2, Nicholas Royle			Peeping Tom
1994		Dark Voices 5, ed. David Sutton and Stephen Jones			Dementia 13
1995		The Earthwire, Joel Lane			Necrofile
1996		Last Rites and Resurrections: Stories from The Third Alternative, ed. Andy Cox			The Third Alternative
1997		The Nightmare Factory, Thomas Ligotti			H. P. Lovecraft: a Life
1998		Dark Terrors 3: the Gollancz Book of Horror, Stephen Jones and David Sutton			Interzone
1999		Ghosts and Grisly Things, Ramsey Campbell	Dark Terrors 4: the Gollancz Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones and David Sutton		The Third Alternative
2000		Lonesome Roads, Peter Crowther	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10, ed. Stephen Jones		Razorblade Press
2001		Where the Bodies Are Buried, Kim Newman	Hideous Progeny: a Frankenstein Anthology, ed. Brian Willis		Peter Crowther
2002		Aftershocks, Paul Finch	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 12, ed. Stephen Jones		Peter Crowther
2003		Ramsey Campbell, Probably: On Horror and Sundry Fantasies, Ramsey Campbell	Keep Out the Night, ed. Stephen Jones		Peter Crowther
2004	Walsall	Told by the Dead, Ramsey Campbell	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 14, ed. Stephen Jones		Peter Crowther
2005	Walsall	Out of His Mind, Stephen Gallagher	The Alsiso Project, ed. Andrew Hook		Elastic Press
2006	Nottingham	20th Century Ghosts, Joe Hill	The Elastic Book of Numbers, ed. Allen Ashley		Peter Crowther
2007	Nottingham	Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman	Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, ed. Gary Couzens		Peter Crowther
2008	Nottingham	Old Devil Moon, Christopher Fowler	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 18, ed. Stephen Jones		Peter Crowther
2009	Nottingham	Bull Running for Girls, Allyson Bird	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19, ed. Stephen Jones	Postscripts, ed. Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers	Elastic Press
2010	Nottingham	Love Songs for the Shy And Cynical, Robert Shearman	The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20, ed. Stephen Jones	Murky Depths, ed. Terry Martin	Telos Publishing
2011	Brighton	Full Dark, No Stars, Stephen King	Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Johnny Mains	Black Static, ed. Andy Cox	Telos Publishing
2012	Brighton	Everyone's Just So So Special, Robert Shearman	The Weird, ed. Jeff VanderMeer and Ann VanderMeer	Black Static, ed. Andy Cox	Chômu Press
2013	Brighton	Remember Why You Fear Me, Robert Shearman	Magic: an Anthology of the Esoteric and Arcane, ed. Jonathan Oliver	Interzone, ed. Andy Cox	ChiZine Publications
2014	York	Monsters in the Heart, Stephen Volk	End of the Road, ed. Jonathan Oliver	Clarkesworld, ed. Neil Clarke, Sean Wallace and Kate Baker	The Alchemy Press
2015	Nottingham	Nick Nightmare Investigates, Adrian Cole	Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction Special Issue, ed. Christie Yant	Holdfast Magazine, ed. Laurel Sills and Lucy Smee	Fox Spirit Books
2016	Scarborough	Ghost Summer: Stories, Tananarive Due	The Doll Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow	Beneath Ceaseless Skies, ed. Scott H. Andrews	Angry Robot
2017	Peterborough	Some Will Not Sleep, Adam Nevill	People of Colour Destroy Science Fiction, ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Kristine Ong	Tor.com	Grimbold Books
2018	Chester	Strange Weather, Joe Hill Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman Tanith by Choice, Tanith Lee Tender: Stories, Sofia Samatar You Will Grow into Them, Malcolm Devlin	New Fears, ed. Mark Morris 2084, ed. George Sandison Dark Satanic Mills: Great British Horror Book 2, ed. Steve Shaw Imposter Syndrome, ed. James Everington & Dan Howarth Pacific Monsters, ed. Margret Helgadottir	Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick Black Static, ed. Andy Cox Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod Grimdark Magazine, ed. Adrian Collins Interzone, ed. Andy Cox	Unsung Stories Fox Spirit Books Grimbold Books NewCon Press Salt Publishing
2019	Glasgow	All the Fabulous Beasts, Priya Sharma The Future is Blue, Catherynne M Valente How Long 'til Black Future Month?, NK Jemisin Lost Objects, Marian Womack Octoberland, Thana Niveau Resonance & Revolt, Rosanne Rabinowitz	Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5, ed. Robert Shearman & Michael Kelly The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea, ed. Ellen Datlow Humanagerie, ed. Sarah Doyle & Allen Ashley New Fears 2, ed. Mark Morris This Dreaming Isle, ed. Dan Coxon	Uncanny Black Static, ed. Andy Cox Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod Interzone, ed. Andy Cox Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick	Unsung Stories Fox Spirit Books Luna Press NewCon Press
2020	Online	Sing Your Sadness Deep, Laura Mauro The Boughs Withered When I Told Them My Dreams, Maura McHugh Growing Things, Paul G. Tremblay This House of Wounds, Georgina Bruce Of Wars, And Memories, And Starlight, Aliette de Bodard	New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction for People of Color, ed. Nisi Shawl A Secret Guide to Fighting Elder Gods, ed. Jennifer Brozek The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer Once Upon a Parsec: The Book of Alien Fairy Tales, ed. David Gullen Wonderland, ed. Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane The Woods, ed. Phil Sloman	FIYAH, ed. DaVaun Sanders Black Static, ed. Andy Cox The Dark F&SF Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick	Rebellion Publishing Aqueduct Press Black Shuck Books Luna Press NewCon Press Undertow Publications
2021	Birmingham	The Watcher in the Woods, Charlotte Bond Bloody Britain, Anna Taborska Only the Broken Remain, Dan Coxon We All Hear Stories in the Dark, Robert Shearman	Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction From Africa and the African Diaspora, ed. Zelda Knight & Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki After Sundown, ed. Mark Morris Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, ed. Lee Murray & Geneve Flynn Shadows & Tall Trees, Vol. 8, ed. Michael Kelly	Strange Horizons Black Static, ed. Andy Cox The Dark FIYAH, ed. DaVaun Sanders Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod Shoreline of Infinity, ed. Noel Chidwick	Luna Press Black Shuck Books Flame Tree Press Unsung Stories
2022	Heathrow	Never Have I Ever, Isabel Yap The Ghost Sequences, A.C. Wise I Spit Myself Out, Tracy Fahey The Museum for Forgetting, Pete W. Sutton We All Have Teeth, C.A. Yates	Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction, ed. Xueting C. Ni Dreamland: Other Stories, ed. Sophie Essex Out of the Darkness, ed. Dan Coxon There Is No Death, There Are No Dead, ed. Aaron J. French & Jess Landry When Things Get Dark, ed. Ellen Datlow The Year's Best African Speculative Fiction, ed. Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki	Apex Magazine Anathema Magazine Black Static Ginger Nuts of Horror Interzone Shoreline of Infinity	Luna Press Publishing Black Shuck Books Unsung Stories Wizard's Tower Press
2023	Birmingham	Under the Moon, E.M. Faulds Behind a Broken Smile, Penny Jones Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw Candescent Blooms, Andrew Hook	Someone in Time, ed. Jonathan Strahan Africa Risen: A New Era of Speculative Fiction, ed. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight *The Book of Queer Saints, ed. Mae Murray Great British Horror 7: Major Arcana, ed. Steve J. Shaw Isolation: The Horror Anthology, ed. Dan Coxon Sky Breaker: Tales of the Wanderer – Lee C. Conley, H.L. Tinsley, J.E. Hannaford, David Green, Derek Power, C. Marry Hultman, Damien Larkin and C.F. Welburn	Interzone* Ginger Nuts of Horror Shoreline of Infinity Strange Horizons	Luna Press Publishing* Black Shuck Books Flame Tree Press NewCon Press
2024	Chester	Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic, Tobi Ogundiran, (Undertow Publications) A Curious Cartography, Alison Littlewood, (Black Shuck Books) No Happily Ever After, Phil Sloman No One Will Come Back for Us, Premee Mohamed, (Undertow Publications) The House on the Moon, Georgina Bruce, (Black Shuck Books) Under my Skin, K.J. Parker, (Subterranean Press)	Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror, ed. Jordan Peele, (Picador) At the Lighthouse, ed. Sophie Essex, (Eibonvale Press) Mothersound: The Sauútiverse Anthology, ed. Wole Talabi, (Android Press) Never Whistle at Night, ed. Shane Hawk, (Vintage) Something Peculiar: Great British Horror 8, ed. Steve J. Shaw, (Black Shuck Books) The Other Side of Never: Dark Tales from the World of Peter & Wendy, eds. Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane, (Titan)	Shoreline of Infinity Hellebore Interzone/IZ Digital khōréō Occult Detective Magazine	Flame Tree Press Angry Robot Black Shuck Books Eibonvale Press Luna Press Publishing Newcon Press
2025	Brighton	Dirt Upon My Skin, Steve Toase – Black Shuck Books Limelight and Other Stories, Lyndsey Croal – Shortwave Publishing Mood Swings, Dave Jeffery, Black Shuck Books Preaching To The Perverted, James Bennett – Lethe Press Elephants in Bloom, Cecile Cristofari – Newcon Press	Nova Scotia 2, Neil Williamson and Andrew J Wilson – Luna Press Publishing I Want That Twink Obliterated!, Trip Galey, C.L. McCartney, and Robert Berg, Bona Books Fight Like A Girl 2, Roz Clarke and Joanne Hall, Wizard's Tower Press Heartwood: A Mythago Wood Anthology, Dan Coxon, PS Publishing The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2023), Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Chinaza Eziaghighala, Caezik SF & Fantasy Bury Your Gays – An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror, Sofia Ajram, Ghoulish Books	ParSec Phantasmagoria Ginger Nuts of Horror Shoreline of Infinity	Newcon Press Black Shuck Books Flame Tree Press Luna Press Publishing Swan River Press

Multimedia

¹Was initially conferred 1973–1980 as "Best Comic"; it was revived in 2009 as "Best Comic / Graphic Novel".^[3] The category was removed at the 2022 AGM^[5]

²Awarded only to films from 1973 to 1990, this honor was renewed 2009–2011, (though split into two separate categories), and again starting in 2014 as "Best Film / Television Episode", and then "Best Film / Television Production" from 2016 onward. In the two years 2012–2013, the BFS decided to present for extraordinary contributions to screenplay literature to Woody Allen for Midnight in Paris (2012) and co-writers Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon for Cabin in the Woods (2013).^[3] The category was again removed following the 2022 AGM.

	Location	Best Comic / Graphic Novel1	Best Artist	Best Television / Film Production2	Best Audio (Podcasts, Audiobooks, etc.)
1973		Conan		Tales from the Crypt
1974		Conan		Legend of Hell House
1975		Savage Sword of Conan		The Exorcist
1976		Savage Sword of Conan		Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1977		Howard the Duck #3	Michael Kaluta	The Omen
1978		Marvel Premiere 38: Weirdworld	Steve Fabian	Carrie
1979		Savage Sword of Conan #30: The Scarlet Citadel, Roy Thomas and Frank Brunner	Boris Vallejo	Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1980		Heavy Metal	Steve Fabian	Alien
1981			Dave Carson	The Empire Strikes Back
1982			Dave Carson	Raiders of the Lost Ark
1983			Dave Carson	Blade Runner
1984			Rowena Morrill	Videodrome
1985			Steve Fabian	Ghostbusters
1986			JK Potter	A Nightmare on Elm Street
1987			JK Potter	Aliens
1988			JK Potter	Hellraiser
1989			Dave Carson	Beetlejuice
1990			Dave Carson	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1991			Les Edwards
1992			Jim Pitts
1993			Jim Pitts
1994			Les Edwards
1995			Martin McKenna
1996			Josh Kirby
1997			Jim Burns
1998			Jim Burns
1999			Bob Covington
2000			Les Edwards
2001			Jim Burns
2002			Jim Burns
2003			Les Edwards
2004	Walsall		Les Edwards
2005	Walsall		Les Edwards
2006	Nottingham		Les Edwards
2007	Nottingham		Vincent Chong
2008	Nottingham		Vincent Chong
2009	Nottingham	Locke and Key, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez	Vincent Chong	Film: The Dark Knight Television: Doctor Who
2010	Nottingham	Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert	Vincent Chong	Film: Let The Right One In Television: Doctor Who
2011	Brighton	At the Mountains of Madness: a Graphic Novel, Ian Culbard	Vincent Chong	Film: Inception Television: Sherlock
2012	Brighton	Locke and Key, Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez	Daniele Serra	Screenplay: Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
2013	Brighton	Saga, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples	Sean Phillips	Screenplay: The Cabin in the Woods, Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
2014	York	Demeter, Becky Cloonan	Joey Hi-Fi	"The Rains of Castamere", David Benioff and D.B. Weiss
2015	Nottingham	Through the Woods, Emily Carroll	Karla Ortiz	Guardians of the Galaxy
2016	Scarborough	Bitch Planet, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Valentine De Landro, Robert Wilson IV and Cris Peter	Julie Dillon	Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Peter Harness
2017	Peterborough	Monstress, Vol 1: Awakening, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda	Daniele Serra	Arrival
2018	Chester	Monstress, Vol 2: The Blood, Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda	Jeffrey Alan Love	Get Out	Anansi Boys
2019	Glasgow	Widdershins, Vol. 7: Curtain Call, Kate Ashwin 100 Demon Dialogues, Lucy Bellwood B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth, Vol. 1, Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, Guy Davis, Tyler Crook & Dave Stewart Hellboy: The Complete Short Stories, Vol. 1, Mike Mignola et al. The Prisoner, Robert S Malan & John Cockshaw Saga #49-54, Brian K Vaughan & Fiona Staples	Vince Haig David Rix Daniele Serra Sophie E Tallis	Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman Annihilation, Alex Garland Avengers: Infinity War, Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely Black Panther, Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole The Haunting of Hill House, Mike Flanagan Inside No. 9, series 4, Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith	Breaking the Glass Slipper Podcast, Lucy Hounsom, Charlotte Bond, & Meghan Leigh Bedtime Stories for the End of the World (endoftheworldpodcast.com) Blood on Satan's Claw, by Mark Morris (Bafflegab) PodCastle (podcastle.org) PseudoPod (pseudopod.org)
2020	Online	DIE, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans 2000AD, ed. Matt Smith Basketful of Heads #1, Joe Hill B.P.R.D. The Devil You Know, Vol. 3: Ragna Rok, Mike Mignola, Scott Allie, Laurence Campbell et al. DCeased #1-6, Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Gaudiano et al. The Ozone Diary, Pentti Otsamo & Tero Mielonen	Ben Baldwin Vince Haig Jackie Morris David Rix	Us, Jordan Peele Game of Thrones: The Long Night – David Benioff & DB Weiss Watchmen: "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" (Season 1, Ep. 1), Damon Lindelof The Witcher: "Rare Species" (Season 1, Ep. 6), Haily Hall	PodCastle Breaking the Glass Slipper PseudoPod Speculative Spaces
2021	Birmingham	DIE Vol. 2: Split the Party, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans The Daughters of Ys, Jo Rioux & M.T. Andersen John Constantine: Hellblazer, Vol. 1: Marks of Woe, Simon Spurrier & Aaron Campbell The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen Rivers of London: The Fey and the Furious, Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel Venus in the Blind Spot, Junji Ito	Daniele Serra Warwick Fraser-Coombe David Rix Vincent Sammy	The Boys: "What I Know" (Season 2, Ep. 8), Rebecca Sonnenshine & Eric Kripke Birds of Prey, Christina Hodson & Cathy Yan The Haunting of Bly Manor: "The Romance of Certain Old Clothes" (Season 1, Ep. 8), Leah Fong & Axelle Carolyn The Invisible Man, Leigh Whannell The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers & Max Eggers Saint Maud, Rose Glass	The Magnus Archives, Rusty Quill Breaking the Glass Slipper, Megan Leigh, Lucy Hounson & Charlotte Bond PodCastle, Escape Artists PseudoPod, Escape Artists The Sandman, Dirk Maggs & Neil Gaiman Stellar Firma, Rusty Quill
2022	Heathrow	The Girl from the Sea, Molly Knox Ostertag 2000AD DIE Vol. 4, Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans Djeliya, Juni Ba ExtraOrdinary, V.E. Schwab & Enid Balam Usagi Yojimbo: Homecoming, Stan Sakai	Jenni Coutts Olga Beliaeva Randy Broecker Alison Buck Vincent Sammy Daniele Serra	Last Night in Soho Candyman Dune The Green Knight In the Earth Space Sweepers	Monstrous Agonies, H. R. Owen Breaking the Glass Slipper, Megan Leigh, Lucy Hounsom & Charlotte Bond Daughter of Fire and Water, Lyndsey Croal PodCastle, Escape Artists PseudoPod, Escape Artists
2023	Birmingham	Category discontinued	*Vince Haig Chris Baker (Fangorn) Ben Baldwin Jenni Coutts Dan Hillier	Category discontinued	The Stranger Times, C.K. McDonnell Breaking the Glass Slipper The Painkiller Podcast PodCastle, Escape Artists PseudoPod, Escape Artists The Secret of St. Kilda, Michael Ireland & Naomi Clarke
2024	Chester		Asya Yordonova Jenni Coutts Vince Haig David Rix		The Tiny Bookcase, Nico Rogers & Ben Holroyd-Dell Cast of Wonders (Escape Artists) The Penumbra Podcast, Harley Takagi Kaner, Kevin Vibert, Ginny D’Angelo, Alice C. LeBeau, Noah Simes PodCastle (Escape Artists) PseudoPod (Escape Artists) Simultaneous Times Podcast (Space Cowboy Books)
2025	Brighton		Jenni Coutts Kelly Chong Greg Chapman L.N. Bayen		PodCastle The Tiny Bookcase Breaking the Glass Slipper Pseudopod

Nominees and winners (other awards)

Year	Location	Best Non-Fiction	Best Newcomer (Sydney J. Bounds Award)	Special Award (Karl Edward Wagner Award)
1972
1973				Robert E. Howard
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981				Stephen King
1982
1983				Karl Edward Wagner
1984
1985				Manly Wade Wellman
1986				Les Flood
1987				Charles L Grant
1988
1989				Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes
1990			Nancy A. Collins	Peter Coleborn
1991				Dorothy Lumley
1992			Melanie Tem	Andrew I. Porter
1993			Conrad Williams	Michael Moorcock
1994			Poppy Z. Brite	Dave Sutton
1995			Maggie Furey	John Jarrold
1996				Mike O’Driscoll and Steve Lockley
1997				Jo Fletcher
1998				D. F. Lewis
1999				Diana Wynne Jones
2000				Anne McCaffrey
2001				Peter Haining
2002
2003				Alan Garner
2004	Walsall			Peter Jackson
2005	Walsall			Nigel Kneale
2006	Nottingham			Stephen Jones
2007	Nottingham[6][7]	Cinema Macabre, Mark Morris (PS Publishing)	Joe Hill	Ellen Datlow
2008	Nottingham	Whispers of Wickedness Reviews (website), ed. Peter Tennant	Scott Lynch	Ray Harryhausen
2009	Nottingham	Basil Copper: A Life in Books, Basil Copper, ed. Stephen Jones	Joseph D'Lacey	Hayao Miyazaki
2010	Nottingham	Ansible, David Langford	Kari Sperring	Robert Holdstock
2011	Brighton	Altered Visions: The Art of Vincent Chong	Robert Jackson Bennet	Terry Pratchett
2012	Brighton	Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Super Hero, Grant Morrison, ed. Jonathan Cape	Kameron Hurley	Peter Crowther and Nicky Crowther
2013	Brighton	Pornokitsch, Anne C. Perry and Jared Shurin	Helen Marshall	Iain M. Banks
2014	York	Speculative Fiction 2012, ed. Justin Landon and Jared Shurin	Ann Leckie	Farah Mendlesohn
2015	Nottingham	Letters to Arkham: The Letters of Ramsey Campbell and August Derleth, 1961-1971, ed. S. T. Joshi	Sarah Lotz	Juliet E. McKenna
2016	Scarborough	Letters to Tiptree, ed. Alexandra Pierce and Alisa Krasnostein	Zen Cho	The FantasyCon Redcloaks, Past and Present
2017	Peterborough	The Geek Feminist Revolution, Kameron Hurley	Erica L. Satifka	Jan Edwards
2018	Chester	Gender Identity and Sexuality in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. FT Barbini Gingernuts of Horror, ed. Jim Mcleod Luminescent Threads, ed. Alexandra Pierce & Mimi Mondal No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters, by Ursula K Le Guin Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of 70s and 80s Horror Fiction, by Grady Hendrix Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, by Maura McHugh	Jeannette Ng, for Under the Pendulum Sun (Angry Robot) R. J. Barker, for Age of Assassins (Orbit) SA Chakraborty, for The City of Brass (HarperVoyager) Ed McDonald, for Blackwing (Orion) Anna Smith Spark, for The Court of Broken Knives (HarperVoyager)	N.K. Jemisin
2019	Glasgow	Noise and Sparks, by Ruth EJ Booth (Shoreline of Infinity) The Evolution of African Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T Barbini (Luna Press Publishing) The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart (alasdairstuart.com/the-full-lid) Ginger Nuts of Horror (www.gingernutsofhorror.com) Les Vampires, by Tim Major (PS Publishing)	Tasha Suri, for Empire of Sand (Orbit) Tomi Adeyemi, for The Children of Blood and Bone (Macmillan Children's Books) Cameron Johnston, for The Traitor God (Angry Robot) RF Kuang, for The Poppy War (HarperVoyager) Marian Womack, for Lost Objects (Luna Press Publishing) Micah Yongo, for Lost Gods (Angry Robot)	Ian Whates
2020	Online[8]	The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas (New York University Press) Coffinmaker's Blues: Collected Writings on Terror, by Stephen Volk (PS Publishing) The Full Lid, by Alasdair Stuart Joanna Russ (Modern Masters of SF), by Gwyneth Jones (University of Illinois Press) Notes from the Borderland, by Lynda E Rucker, for Black Static (TTA Press) The Pleasant Profession of Robert E Heinlein, by Farah Mendlesohn (Unbound)	Ta-Nehisi Coates, for The Water Dancer (Penguin) Alix E. Harrow, for The Ten Thousand Doors of January (Orbit) Penny Jones, for Suffer Little Children (Black Shuck Books) Tamsyn Muir, for Gideon the Ninth (Tordotcom) Nina Oram, for The Joining (Luna Press)	Craig Lockley
2021	Birmingham[9][10]	Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre, ed. Alison Peirse (Rutgers University Press) The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner It's the End of the World: But What Are We Really Afraid Of?, Adam Roberts (Elliot & Thompson) Notes from the Borderland, Lynda E. Rucker (in "Black Static", TTA Press) Ties that Bind: Love in Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T Barbini (Luna Press Publishing) The Unstable Realities of Christopher Priest, Paul Kincaid (Gylphi Limited)	Kathleen Jennings, for Flyaway (Tordotcom) Tiffani Angus, for Threading the Labyrinth (Unsung Stories) Dan Coxon, for Green Fingers & Only the Broken Remain (Black Shuck Books) Sean Hogan, for England's Screaming (PS Publishing) & Three Mothers, One Father (Black Shuck Books) Simon Jimenez, for The Vanished Birds (Titan) Rym Kechacha, for Dark River (Unsung Stories)	Alasdair Stuart
2022[11][12]	Heathrow	Writing the Uncanny, ed. Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst After Human: A Critical History of the Human in Science Fiction from Shelley to Le Guin, Thomas Connolly Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985, ed. Andrew Nette & Iain McIntyre The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner Ginger Nuts of Horror, Jim Mcleod Worlds Apart: Worldbuilding in Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Francesca T. Barbini	Shelley Parker-Chan, for She Who Became the Sun J.T. Greathouse, for The Hand of the Sun King Ian Green, for The Gauntlet and the Fist Beneath Lorraine Wilson, for This is Our Undoing C.A. Yates, for We All Have Teeth Xiran Jay Zhao, for Iron Widow	Maureen K. Speller
2023[13][14]	Birmingham	*An Earnest Blackness, Eugen Bacon* Fantasy: How it Works, Brian Attebery The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner My Life in Horror, Vol. 2, Kit Power Outlander and the Real Jacobites, Shona Kinsella Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes, Rob Wilkins	Hiron Ennes, for Leech Sunyi Dean, for The Book Eaters Somto Ihezue, for a collection of short stories: Whole; Like Stars Daring to Shine; A Girl is Blood, Spirit and Fire; The Carving of War Shauna Lawless, for The Children of Gods and Fighting Men Elijah Kinch Spector, for Kalyna the Soothsayer Susan York, for Starless and Bible Black	Ann Landmann
2024	Chester[15]	Writing the Future, eds. Dan Coxon & Richard V. Hirst (Dead Ink) Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan (Luna Press Publishing) The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts, Delyth Badder & Mark Norman (Calon) The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, ed. Marguerite Kenner	Teika Marija Smits, for "Umbilical" (Newcon Press) & "Waterlore" (Black Shuck Books) Moniquill Blackgoose, for "To Shape a Dragon’s Breath" (Del Ray) Vajra Chandrasekera, for "The Saint of Bright Doors" (Tordotcom) Hannah Kaner, for "Godkiller" (HarperVoyager) Charlotte Langtree, for "Fractured: Tales of Flame and Fury" (Clarendon House Publications) Em X. Liu, for "The Death I Gave Him" (Solaris)	Ramsey Campbell
2025	Brighton	Spec Fic for Newbies Vol 2: A Beginner's Guide to Writing More Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, Tiffani Angus and Val Nolan, Luna Press Autism and Writing, David Green, BFS Blog The Full Lid, Alasdair Stuart, edited by Marguerite Kenner Track Changes, Abigail Nussbaum, Briardene Books Queer as Folklore: The Hidden Queer History of Myths and Monsters, Sacha Coward, Unbound Translating, Interpreting, and Decolonizing Chinese Fairy Tales: A Case Study and Ideological Approach (Studies in Folklore and Ethnology: Traditions, Practices, and Identities), Juwen Zhang, Lexington Books	Eliza Chan, Fathomfolk, Orbit Lyndsey Croal, Limelight and Other Stories, Shortwave Publishing Frances White, Voyage of the Damned, Penguin Michael Joseph L N Bayen, Wingspan of Treason, Bregma Publishing J.L. Odom, By Blood, By Salt, Azimuth Adrian M Gibson, Mushroom Blues

Award controversy of 2011

In 2011, British writer Sam Stone won the British Fantasy Award but returned it three days later after editor and anthologist Stephen Jones posted a blog entry pointing out that three of the winning entries (and many of the shortlisted works) were published by Telos Publishing, a company owned by David Howe. At the time, Howe was also chair of the British Fantasy Society, British Fantasy Award coordinator, and partner of Stone.^[16][17][18]